"Bill" wrote in message
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"Marie Dodge" wrote:

"Bill" wrote in message
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Big brevity snip.

Perhaps worth a try.

Bill
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http://www.seedsofchange.com/enewsletter/issue_28/issue_28.aspProtect

Your Crops Sanely and Humanely
Hot Pepper Wax
Capsaicin, the ingredient in hot peppers that gives them heat, is a
powerful feeding deterrent and will even kill many insect pests. Hot
pepper wax is a formulation containing capsaicin, which can be sprayed
regularly on plants to prevent damage from aphids, whiteflies, spider
mites, thrips, leafhoppers, scales and many other soft-bodied insects.
It can also be used as a feeding deterrent for rabbits and deer. Waxes
in the mixture help the spray stick to leaves making it last up to two
weeks. Be sure to respray newly emerged leaves during that time period.
And don't worry, the pepper spray washes off easily enough that it
won't
linger after harvest.

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Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA

I hesitate to buy even more products since nothing has worked so far. The
Neem Oil (about $12) was supposed to work and didn't. Rotenone (around
$9)
didn't work... couldn't find pyrethrum. The light summer oil ($10) was
supposed to work. I have about 8 things here (over $90 w/chemicals) and
none made more than a small difference in the whitefly and mite
populations.
The pests must be gaining immunity to the organic pesticides as they have


the chemicals. My gardens are large and it's now starting to run into a
lot
of money - and there's little improvement.

http://www.johnnyseeds.com/catalog/p...earch&search=p
yrethrum&item=637

http://www.biconet.com/botanicals/rps.html

Sounds like you have a challenge. Best practice may be to go fallow.

As I mentioned somewhere here,.. this garden laid fallow 2 years due to an
accident I had. Several surgeries on my knee and physical rehab kept me out
of the garden. I'm surrounded by woodland and fields... and both are full
of insects and bugs. Virus and bacterial diseases have not been a problem.
I never saw whitefly here before, or spider-mites. The biggest pests were a
few Japanese beetles and the ubiquitous SVB. Aphids one year when we lived
in town.

I believe the spidermites came in on a gift palm I recieved last winter. It
was incurable so I trashed it this spring. Most likely not before a few
mites fell of it.......... The whitefly probably came in on one of
the seedlings I bought last spring.

Thanks for the URLs.


Best

Bill

Ps Rotenone has human health issues. Big ones!

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Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA